Tag: Homilies
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LDR – Long-Distance Relationships
May 21, 2023 – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052123-Ascension.cfm) For those who are into (LDR) Long-Distance relationships, especially with migrants who have lived and worked abroad away from our families and loved ones, separation and homesickness have been a constant struggle in their daily lives. Experiences of…
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Bahala Na
May 7, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050723.cfm) For us, Easter people to fully appreciate the meaning and benefit from the fruits of the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection, we must reflect and try to discover how the Lord has resurrected and can be resurrected in our daily ordinary…
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THE GATE OF THE SHEEP
April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm) Parents are the first shepherds of children at home. As shepherds, they take care of their children, and make sure that home is welcoming and nurturing. Parents secure that the basic needs of human intimacy and love, of physical, mental and…
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GOD-Struck
April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm) During the time of the desert monks, around 450 AD, a young monk went to an old and holy monk and asked him, “Father, how is it that so many today leave the monastery? The old monk answered him, “When a…
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Via Magnets
April 23, 2023 – Third Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042323.cfm) Easter Season proclaims: “The Lord has risen. Let us rejoice and be glad. Alleluia”. But how do we recognize the risen Lord in our life now? In a class inside the seminary, their professor asked the seminarians to discuss how do…
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HEARTS in LOCKDOWNS
April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm) I remember when we first experienced “LOCKDOWN” here in the City in 2020 due to the spread of Covid-19, the first Sunday was so depressing. I walked around the empty Church ground and looked at an empty Church. I was very…
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Guest-inside our Tombs
April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm) Happy Easter to all. Last Sunday we celebrated Easter Sunday. We celebrated and proclaimed our Christian faith that our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed risen into our lives. Today we are now on the 2nd Sunday of…
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The Lord Confronts our Unbelief and Hardness of Heart
April 15, 2023 – Saturday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041523.cfm) They could not believe it. They could not accept what has been reported by Mary Magdalene. They would not even accept the testimony of the two disciples who went to Emmaus and reported that the Lord appeared to them.…
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FINDING MEANING AND JOY
April 14, 2023 – Friday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041423.cfm) Do you also escape when you go through difficulties? Do you also hide and retreat when you experience failures and disappointments? Do you go back to your old and unhealthy coping or attitudes when you feel sad, angry, or…
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GRACE IN OUR SCARS
April 13, 2023 – Thursday within the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041323.cfm) What scars do you have in your body? And what scars do you have in your heart? What are the stories behind your scars? We both have physical and emotional scars. The physical scars in our bodies are perhaps…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 